LABOR CODE

TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT

SUBTITLE A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT

CHAPTER 215. SHARED WORK UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM

SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 215.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Affected unit" means a unit of two or more employees, including a department or shift, designated by an employer to participate in a shared work plan.

(2) "Fringe benefit" means health insurance, a retirement benefit received under a defined benefit plan, as defined by 26 U.S.C. Section 414(j), or under a defined contribution plan, as defined by 26 U.S.C. Section 414(i), a paid vacation day, a paid holiday, sick leave, or any other similar employee benefit provided by an employer.

(3) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the number of hours in a week that an employee ordinarily works for a participating employer or an average of 40 hours per week over a two-week pay period, whichever is less.

(4) "Participating employee" means an employee who works a reduced number of hours under an approved shared work plan.

(5) "Participating employer" means an employer who has a shared work plan in effect.

(6) "Shared work benefit" means an unemployment compensation benefit that is payable to a participating employee.

(7) "Shared work plan" means a plan for reducing unemployment under which employees who are members of an affected unit share the work remaining after a reduction in their normal weekly hours of work.

(8) "Shared work program" means the shared work unemployment compensation program.

(9) "Training" means commission-approved voluntary training sponsored by an employer or funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.) that is designed to enhance a participant's job skills.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 (H.B. 1637), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2009.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 13 (H.B. 2035), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.